![]() In other cases the other distinction described above is very real, that the statement is still true as of now if you use present perfect, but it may no longer be true if you use past perfect. I think that's the main point of the past perfect that you get to keep your thoughts in the past and still use the perfect form. Sometimes it's okay to mix your thoughts about past and present like in colloquial speech, but if you're formal writing something all in a past context you can't bring it to the present by using the present perfect. So it could be a tolerable "mistake" in speech, but for example if you are narrating a story all in the past, you can't do that. Verb endings and verbs tenses are one of the most confusing topics for English speakers, so don’t feel bad if you need a refresher. The first sentence in green sounds very natural. Saw: What’s the Difference Today’s two words are different inflections of the same verb, dealing with visual sight. You go from past to present to past again and while it's not grammatically incorrect it just sounds a bit odd how your brain is switching between past and present if you say it that way. The second version crossed out in red above the problem is you are not consistent in your thoughts about past and present. Last year, she told me something that nobody has ever told me, and knowing that I finished the project before the end of the year. Last year, she told me something that nobody had ever told me, and knowing that I finished the project before the end of the year. In your example where the difference is just one day and there is no further info, it seems equivalent, but when it matters is if you need to stay in the past, for example your narration continues in the past. Tie it together with the present for anything going forward. ![]() You sort of bring that sentence back to the present. You refer back to that time in the past (yesterday), whereas if you say Click to expand.Yes, the distinction is that if you say ![]()
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